Politics and Schools in Iowa Legislation Debate
The piece critiques state funding battles in Iowa with lawmakers clashing over a library building for the state university. It notes the senate favoring a site appropriation while the house remains opposed, leaving campus libraries cramped and scattered. It highlights budgetary constraints and the hope for a proper library as future generations face continued uncertainty.
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Iowa
State University
Senate
University
Hall of Natural Science
Prohibition and the Bootlegger Fight
A column argues that enforcing Prohibition requires addressing root causes not just punishing bootleggers. It notes supply follows demand and cites a Washington social event where no alcohol was served as a model. It suggests wider adoption by hosts will strengthen enforcement.
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Fair
Land
Ours
Washington
Pet Peeves Selections From The Nomad In Boston Paper
The Nomad of the Boston Transcript shares personal vexations in a humorous list. He cites annoyances such as hats worn over the ear and towels with fringe, plus office singers whistlers dancers and yellers, adding a few more trivial grievances.
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Boston Transcript
Charon's Ferry
Love as an infectious disorder debate spans Paris study
Prof. Pierre Vachet of the University of Higher Social Studies in Paris argues love is misread as a noble passion. He says wrong imagination orientation inflates the idea of love as disease and treats it as an infectious disorder rather than a blessing.
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Pierre Vachet
University of Higher Social Studies
Paris
Love Sickness and Reserved Room For Contagion
A reflection on the phrase love sick and the social impulse to give lovers space. The piece cites Prof. Vachet and his research to explain how attraction affects behavior, noting the dramatic phrase love sick as accurately descriptive in English and American usage.
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Vachet
Constipation habit contrasted with liberty and self-help
Dr. William Brady argues the constipation habit resists mere tapering and requires breaking the interference pattern. He recommends flax seed as a gentle aid and emphasizes that bowel control is automatic, not fully under will. The piece includes audience questions on itching piles anemia and knee bursitis with brief medical guidance.
Homesick for the New by Glenn Frank
University president Glenn Frank contends homesickness among freshmen springs from love of old ties but warns against clinging to old ideas. He argues great minds seek the new, using homesickness as a test of readiness to face change and growth.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure
Momentary musings and city notes from Knottsville
A foggy column surveys local politics and media figures. Burdock Fumes departs for Chicago and Emerson Poe Smith relocates to Fort Madison while discussions linger on a reapportionment bill. A playful riff on juries, printers remarks, and a tease about squirrels haunt a New South era newspaper page.
Brain Tests: Evening Fest Co No 399 Word Analogy
A newspaper item notes an intelligence test series at universities. It presents two word lists with 12 items and asks readers to match each prompt with its closest meaning. Answers appear on a later page.
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No. Evening Fest, Inc
Abe Martin Q&A Notes on Lindbergh and Hyde in Missouri
A tongue in cheek Abe Martin remark questions Col Lindbergh's travel plans and hints that Mr Hyde, who owns three Missouri farms, did not attempt to stay out of the Hoover cabinet for business reasons.
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Col. Lindbergh
Mr. Hyde
Missouri
Hoover Cabinet
Dawes era framework in postwar diplomacy outlined
Richard G. Maslock surveys Viscount D Abernon’s diary style account of post WWI diplomacy from Versailles to Locarno. He notes Britain’s envoy explains three eras, and recounts roles in shifting Germany toward Europe, plus reflections on economic conferences and peace negotiations.
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Richard G. Maslock
New York
Charles G
Dawes
Viscount
D’ Abernon
Britain
Berlin
Versailles
Rapallo
Locarno
Doberman
Walter Hines
Viscount Grey of
Farledon
Abernon
Germany
Eura- Fean
France
Legal Robbery Fable of Bil Jones and a man who tried
A Daily Oklahoman vignette tells of Bil Jones, a bachelor earning $10,000, who saves for his mother and sister while pursuing a better life and faces punishment for his aspirations. The piece contrasts desire and consequence in a cautionary fable.
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Bill
Bul
Bil
Rive
Dickens
Daily Oklahoman
Bil Jones
Ttle
Views of the Fegple Bringing Forth Dictators
A letter to the editor from William G Kerr argues that dictatorship grows when belief rises that representative government fails and is oppressive. He cites corruption as a trigger and condemns misusing constitutional powers to serve narrow interests.
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Grundy Center
Chatib
Atnte Ag
Damanda
William G, Kerr
Reflections on New York Life and Theatre Clutter
In Central New York a writer recalls letters from London and social visits with figures like Major Bowes and H. T. Webster. The piece muses on Bowery decay, a Chinese theatre, and encounters with curious strangers amid urban social chatter.
Fort Pressed On Farm Relief In Coming Session
Franklin W. Fort New Jersey representative will be vocal on farm relief in the forthcoming special session though his urban district includes Newark East Orange and Orange As a city man he will be in the thick of the fight Fort earned a seat on the agricultural committee soon after his arrival and has long been a Hoover supporter His office shows volumes on agriculture and economics and he often works late Into the night at the Capitol Hill desk
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New York Times
Passamaquoddy Bay
Maine
Dexter P. Cooper
Boston
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Moses B. Fike
Cooper
New Brunswick
Massachusetts
Washington, D. C
Franklin W. Fort
New Jersey
Congress
New York City
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Orange
Essex County
Fort
Capitol Hill
Washington
Charles A. Eaton
Doc
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Buch
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Ito
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Capitol Hi
Hoover
Food Administration
Miami Beach
Fork
Sorrowful Thought and Loyal Pledges for Hoover
Ohio State Journal notes that President Hoover faces mood shifts while reflecting on loyal pledges from supporters and the quest to ensure his administration’s unqualified success.
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Ohio State Journal
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